技术与创新中心在解决创新的'死亡之谷'问题中的作用——基于对英国Catapults项目实施效果的实证分析

摘要

Catapults program is started and funded by UK government to address the "Valley of Death" of innovation. To date, seven Catapults such as High Value Manufacture Catapult were set up and open to public, another two Catapults named Energy System and Precise Medicine Catapult are under the way to open. The reason of Valley of Death and the unique role of Catapults playing in addressing the Valley of Death were introduced; the economics background of Catapults program and necessity of implementing Catapults program as a public policy tool were analyzed. Cases were given to illustrate how Catapults may help the business development, especially the commercialization of research and development driven by innovation.%为解决创新的"死亡之谷"难题,英国近年投入巨资建设新的技术与创新中心(Catapults).本文从"死亡之谷"的形成原因出发,介绍了技术与创新中心在破解"死亡之谷"难题中发挥的独特作用,并基于已经建成的七个Catapults 的实证,分析了Catapults 项目实施的经济学背景以及作为公共创新政策工具的必要性,通过案例分析介绍了Catapults 在实际运行中如何促进产业发展特别是促进研究商业化和创新发展,供决策参考.